Energy Efficiency Code Remains Intact

An Act to Allow Municipalities to Opt Not to Enforce the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code (MUBEC) (2017)

MUBEC is a minimum energy efficiency code required for towns with populations over 4,000; towns with less than 4,000 are exempt from the code. LD 1392 would have weakened the code by allowing any town to opt out, which would have resulted in the building of energy inefficient homes that are more expensive to heat and burn more fossil fuels. The bill failed to get a majority in either the Senate or the House and died.

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